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FUTURISM UPDATE (November 19, 2014) \u2014 Mr. Andres Agostini, Amazon<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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FINANCIAL TIMES: Object 2014-28E \u2013 Space junk or Russian satellite killer? It is a tale that could have come from the cold war. A mysterious object launched by the Russian military is being tracked by western space agencies, stoking fears over the revival of a defunct Kremlin project to destroy .\u2026 http:\/\/lnkd.in\/d-YWkfx<\/a><\/p>\n

ZDNET: Data science: \u2018Machines do analytics. Humans do analysis\u2019 http:\/\/lnkd.in\/dzfvjdp<\/a><\/p>\n

TIME: New York Is Transforming Its Old Payphones into Wi-Fi Hotspots http:\/\/lnkd.in\/dqHpQUW<\/a><\/p>\n

Forbes: Databox Launches Enterprise Mobile Insight Solution. But Is It Analytics? http:\/\/lnkd.in\/dbVMBUM<\/a><\/p>\n

Hospitality Net: Big data and big analytics are a big opportunity for hotels \u2014 Part 2 http:\/\/lnkd.in\/d4SNrPi<\/a><\/p>\n

Financial Times: The nuclear gun is back on the table. Both in private and in public, Russia is making explicit references to its nuclear arsenal http:\/\/lnkd.in\/d3ycdFG<\/a><\/p>\n

Financial Times: Bonds: Anatomy of a market meltdown. Fall in Treasury bond yields left investors asking if world\u2019s safe haven needs shoring up http:\/\/lnkd.in\/dqCR5pQ<\/a><\/p>\n

Financial Times: Nokia partners with Foxconn to take on Apple with tablet device http:\/\/lnkd.in\/dT8dTae<\/a><\/p>\n

The Financial Times observes that President Putin and President Obama are threatening each other with their respective nuclear arsenal. We are getting closer to M.A.D. WWIII.<\/p>\n

Financial Post: Who will blink first as global oil prices collapse? http:\/\/lnkd.in\/dP7EcuU<\/a><\/p>\n

Christian Science Monitor: Halliburton, Baker Hughes merge as oil prices plummet http:\/\/lnkd.in\/dcrZGF4<\/a><\/p>\n

COMPUTER WORLD: Yahoo\u2019s Genome highlights hosted big data analytics trend. Several companies have begun offering big data analytics as a service http:\/\/lnkd.in\/dFbMtr2<\/a><\/p>\n

BLOOMBERG: Nigeria Budget-Cut Pledge Falls Short as Oil Prices Drop http:\/\/lnkd.in\/dnRiJXH<\/a><\/p>\n

Bloomberg: Oil Slide Prompts Iran\u2019s Oil Minister to Visit U.A.E. http:\/\/lnkd.in\/dAujidM<\/a><\/p>\n

WIRED: Leading the Way for Big Data Startups, Yahoo Spin-Off Files for IPO http:\/\/lnkd.in\/dvXidUy<\/a><\/p>\n

MIT Technology Review: Driving Marketing Results with Big Data http:\/\/lnkd.in\/dWhvszA<\/a><\/p>\n

MIT Technology Review: Machine-Learning Algorithm Ranks the World\u2019s Most Notable Authors. Deciding which books to digitise when they enter the public domain is tricky; unless you have an independent ranking of the most notable authors. http:\/\/lnkd.in\/dCwMJwW<\/a><\/p>\n

MIT Technology Review: Nanoparticle Detects the Deadliest Cancer Cells in Blood. A novel kind of nanoparticle could lead to more effective cancer treatments. http:\/\/lnkd.in\/dbRzqQH<\/a><\/p>\n

MIT Technology Review: When AI Experts Have \u201cIt\u2019s Alive!\u201d Moments. Occasionally virtual assistants like Siri show flashes of humanity that suggest they could one day act like more than just software. http:\/\/lnkd.in\/dKXXEhF<\/a><\/p>\n

Moneycontrol.com<\/a>: Expect Gold, Silver prices to trade on lower note: Angel http:\/\/lnkd.in\/dYq_KNt<\/a><\/p>\n

The Market Oracle: Gold, Silver, Crude and S&P Ending Wedge Patterns http:\/\/lnkd.in\/d-D3WSW<\/a><\/p>\n

Center for Research on Globalization: Gold and Silver Price Manipulation: The \u201cGolden\u201d Cat is Out of The Bag! http:\/\/lnkd.in\/dWpyJja<\/a><\/p>\n

Telegraph.co.uk: Vladimir Putin vows that United States \u2018will never subjugate Russia\u2019 Russian president echoes Al Capone as he says \u2018weapons and politeness\u2019 are better than \u2018politeness alone\u2019 http:\/\/lnkd.in\/dxJhDR4<\/a><\/p>\n

New York Times: Who Won in Putin\u2019s Feud With West? Organic Farms http:\/\/lnkd.in\/dmfpf-e<\/a><\/p>\n

Reuters: Isolated at G20, Putin shows he will do it his way in Ukraine http:\/\/lnkd.in\/dkiZPa2<\/a><\/p>\n

The Guardian: Finland back on red alert over expansionist Russia. Almost a century after breaking free from its giant neighbour Helsinki still follows Moscow\u2019s every move http:\/\/lnkd.in\/dHUpfJA<\/a><\/p>\n

BBC News: Russia tests \u2018satellite catcher\u2019. Russia may be testing a satellite capable of chasing down other orbiting spacecraft, observers say. Such technology could be used for a wide variety of uses, including to repair malfunctioning spacecraft, but also to destroy or disable them. http:\/\/lnkd.in\/duYz6MH<\/a><\/p>\n

Washington Post: A mysterious Russian space object could be the return of the \u2018satellite killer\u2019 http:\/\/lnkd.in\/dexVMeV<\/a><\/p>\n

New York Times: Merkel Issues Rebuke to Russia, Setting Caution Aside http:\/\/lnkd.in\/dhWejmi<\/a><\/p>\n

Bloomberg: Russia Sees Recession Next Year If Oil Price Falls to $60 http:\/\/lnkd.in\/dYDyW3C<\/a><\/p>\n

National Post: Vladimir Putin\u2019s plan: He took Crimea. He\u2019s taunting NATO. What will Russia\u2019s president do next? http:\/\/lnkd.in\/d-fypU5<\/a><\/p>\n

MOSCOW TIMES: Russia\u2019s Isn\u2019t the Only \u2018Satellite Killer\u2019 in Space. A previously unknown Russian spacecraft conducting maneuvers characteristic of a satellite killer has sparked concerns that Russia\u2019s military provocations may soon extend to space, but experts say Russia is not the only major space power developing agile \u2014 and potentially deadly \u2014 capabilities in Earth\u2019s orbit. Western space agencies, militaries and amateur observers are tracking a mysterious Russian satellite that could be a satellite hunter \u2014 a spacecraft that trails enemy satellites and then destroys or disables them, The Financial Times reported on Monday. Amid Russia\u2019s showdown with the West over Ukraine the discovery looks ominous, but all the big space-faring nations \u2014 Russia, China and the U.S. \u2014 are developing similar capabilities, Robert Christy, a veteran amateur satellite tracker, told The Moscow Times by phone. http:\/\/www.themoscowtimes.com\/business\/article\/russia-s-isn-\u202611403.html<\/a><\/p>\n

MOSCOW TIMES: Russia Readies for Showdown Over Taxing Offshore Companies http:\/\/lnkd.in\/dqdi6CJ<\/a><\/p>\n

Deutsche Welle: Sticking points remain in Iran nuclear dispute http:\/\/lnkd.in\/dn-xMuG<\/a><\/p>\n

Deutsche Welle: \u2018No reason for optimism\u2019 over Ukraine. With tensions high between Russia and the West over Ukraine, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier is in Moscow for high-level talks. He is the first senior European minister to visit the Kremlin since July. http:\/\/lnkd.in\/df2YdA3<\/a><\/p>\n

CIO: How to Be the CIO of Tomorrow http:\/\/lnkd.in\/dmsvcGT<\/a><\/p>\n

Wall Street Journal: Japan to Name Hiromichi Mizuno CIO of Public Pension Fund. Mizuno Currently a Partner at Private-Equity Firm Coller Capital http:\/\/lnkd.in\/db7-W8M<\/a><\/p>\n

Computerworld: 10 hottest IT skills for 2015 http:\/\/lnkd.in\/dt3BiQh<\/a><\/p>\n

PCWorld: Google program mimics human brains and vision to automatically caption photos http:\/\/lnkd.in\/dCByHMh<\/a><\/p>\n

PCWorld: Intel turns to light beams to speed up supercomputers http:\/\/lnkd.in\/dZnAeJt<\/a><\/p>\n

PCWorld: China disrupts some websites linked to US content delivery network http:\/\/lnkd.in\/d-Ae9dc<\/a><\/p>\n

SWISS INFO: Jail time demanded for bad bankers http:\/\/lnkd.in\/dUQghHh<\/a><\/p>\n

New York Times: What Does the Proposed Keystone XL Pipeline Entail? The Keystone oil pipeline system is designed to carry up to 830,000 barrels of petroleum per day from the oil sands of boreal forests in Alberta, Canada to oil refineries and ports on the Gulf Coast. http:\/\/lnkd.in\/dkex5dq<\/a><\/p>\n

FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Dragon Net. China\u2019s Next Economic Miracle. With 632 million Internet users, China has already become the world\u2019s largest e-tailing market, with almost $300 billion in sales posted in 2013. http:\/\/lnkd.in\/dQCmQeD<\/a><\/p>\n

REUTERS: Lufthansa signs $1.25 billion outsourcing deal with IBM http:\/\/lnkd.in\/d_uKHpB<\/a><\/p>\n

Broadway World: Capgemini Announces Cloud-Based SAP Software Implementation Project with Excelerate Energy http:\/\/lnkd.in\/dpqm4Pi<\/a><\/p>\n

ZME Science: Robot Underwater Gliders show How Antarctic Ice is Melting http:\/\/lnkd.in\/dS6Pfeu<\/a><\/p>\n

ABC News: A physics professor at the California Institute of Technology sued the school Thursday, claiming she faced a \u201cmerciless campaign\u201d of retaliation for telling the FBI that she suspected illegal activities at the university-managed NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. http:\/\/lnkd.in\/dTyJCdu<\/a><\/p>\n

Salt Lake Tribune: Google buys Dutch wind energy for data center http:\/\/lnkd.in\/dczc85c<\/a><\/p>\n

New Zealand Herald: Why Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo are buying up wind energy http:\/\/lnkd.in\/d7KDxbu<\/a><\/p>\n

New Scientist: Is mystery Russian spacecraft a satellite-killer? Is it watching the watchers? Russia has launched a spacecraft that is whizzing around low Earth orbit visiting satellites, it emerged this week. The mystery craft has renewed fears that Russia has revived its interest in developing anti-satellite weapons, a programme thought to have been abandoned in the 1980s. http:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/dn26586-is-mystery-russi\u2026GvuB8n5N30<\/a><\/p>\n

SLATE: Why Putin may be more dangerous than ever: http:\/\/slate.me\/1vnaegf<\/a><\/p>\n

FORBES: Lighter Than Air? Toyota\u2019s Quixotic Plan To Sell Hydrogen Cars Feels Almost Real http:\/\/lnkd.in\/dnDSrmz<\/a><\/p>\n

BLOOMBERG: Catalonia\u2019s Independence Push Puts Real Estate Revival at Risk http:\/\/lnkd.in\/dCea8ct<\/a><\/p>\n

IrishCentral: If Spain breaks up, what are the implications for Northern Ireland? http:\/\/www.irishcentral.com\/opinion\/others\/If-Spain-breaks-u\u2026eland.html<\/a><\/p>\n

BUSINESSWEEK: Quebec and Scotland Said No to Secession, but Catalonia Is Still Going to Try http:\/\/www.businessweek.com\/articles\/2014-11-13\/cata\u2026dence-vote<\/a><\/p>\n

BBC News: Ukraine crisis: Russia demands guarantees from Nato http:\/\/lnkd.in\/dx9fHMn<\/a><\/p>\n

Recruiter: One third of jobs in the UK are at risk from automation within 20 years, according to a joint report from Deloitte and Oxford University. http:\/\/lnkd.in\/dB9B47u<\/a><\/p>\n

Smithsonian: Look How 30 Years of Automation Changed How Crayons Are Made http:\/\/lnkd.in\/daXaT3N<\/a><\/p>\n

Daily Mail: Will YOUR job still exist in 2025? New report warns 50 per cent of occupations will be redundant in 11 years time http:\/\/lnkd.in\/dWYbqcy<\/a><\/p>\n

Wall Street Journal: The Problem With Blind Faith in Technology and Job Creation http:\/\/lnkd.in\/dExayQE<\/a><\/p>\n

WealthManagement.com<\/a>: The Headwinds That Could Lead to a Global Depression http:\/\/lnkd.in\/dgP38UB<\/a><\/p>\n

BY MR. ANDRES AGOSTINI<\/p>\n

White Swan Book Author (Source of this Article) <\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.LINKEDIN.com\/in\/andresagostini<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.AMAZON.com\/author\/agostini<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.appearoo.com\/aagostini<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/connect.FORWARDMETRICS.com\/profile\/1649\/Andres-Agostini.html<\/a><\/p>\n

@AndresAgostini<\/a><\/p>\n

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